·       Four US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing in central ar-Ramadi Friday afternoon.

·       US soldier reported killed by Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter in 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah.

·       At least seven US troops reported killed in Resistance car bomb attack on US command point in eastern al-Fallujah.

·       Resistance blasts home occupied by US-installed puppet "Iraqi President" with mortar shells Friday evening.

·       Resistance bomb reportedly kills two US troops in Baghdad’s Zuyunah area.

·       Fierce fighting rages in al-Mushahadah Friday evening.

Al-Anbar Province.

Ar-Ramadi.

Four US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing in central ar-Ramadi Friday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the main road to the provincial government office building in ar-Ramadi, some 100km west of Baghdad at 4pm local time Friday afternoon.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi puppet army as saying that a US foot patrol was walking up the street when an Resistance bomb that had been planted in a cigarette vending kiosk blew up by the side of the road.  The blast, which was set off by remote-controlled detonation, killed four US troops and wounded other American soldiers.  Afterwards, US troops arrested four Iraqi passersby, asserting that they might have been involved in the deadly attack.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance bomb blasts US military column in al-Jawlan neighborhood of northwest al-Fallujah.

In a bulletin posted at 2:35pm Mecca time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a US military column near the wide street that leads to the water pumping station in the al-Jawlan neighborhood of northwestern al-Fallujah, some 60km west of Baghdad.

The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the blast destroyed a US Humvee, killing or wounding a number of American troops.  At the time of reporting, US Marines were encircling the area where the attack took place, preventing anyone from approaching.

The correspondent added that the entire city of al-Fallujah had been surrounded and sealed off by US forces following a number of Resistance attacks on Friday.

US soldier reported killed by Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter in 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 1:40pm Mecca time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman shot and killed a US soldier in 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah, a suburb southwest of al-Fallujah.

The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that an American soldier who was taking part in a patrol in the middle of 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah was struck and killed instantly by a bullet fired by an Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter.

At least seven US troops reported killed in Resistance car bomb attack on US command point in eastern al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 12:25pm Mecca time midday Friday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistnce fida’ fighter drove a car bomb into a US command post at the eastern gate of al-Fallujah and blew up.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the explosives-laden car exploded in the American command post, killing more than seven US troops and wounding more than nine more of them.   There were also casualties among Iraqi puppet army troops, the witnesses said.

The correspondent described the explosion, saying that a ball of black flames and shrapnel blasted over the area in a blast so loud that people throughout the city heard it.  At the time of reporting, US troops were completely surrounding the area and preventing anyone from approaching.

Baghdad.

Bodies of five Sunni youths tortured and shot to death found Baghdad’s ash-Shu 'lah district.

In a dispatch posted at 9:20pm Mecca time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi puppet police in Baghdad discovered the bodies of five Sunni youths who had been tortured and shot to death.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported Major 'Ali 'Abd ar-Rahman of the puppet police of the ash-Shu'lah district of Baghdad as saying that a puppet police patrol had found the five bodies in the al-Qassabin area and determined that they belonged to Sunnis.  All the bodies were taken to the Forensic Medicine Department in Baghdad.

Resistance blasts home occupied by US-installed puppet "Iraqi President" with mortar shells Friday evening.

In a bulletin posted at 6:40pm Mecca time Friday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier Iraqi Resistance forces had fired 11 mortar rounds into the house occupied by the US-installed puppet "President of Iraq" Kurdish separatist Jalal at-Talibani.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at-Talibani has taken over and occupies the home of Barzan at-Tikriti, the half brother of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, as his residence, and it was this home that was struck by the Resistance barrage on Friday evening.  Dense pillars of smoke could be seen rising over the building.  No information on the nature or extent of casualties was available.

Mafkarat al-Islam noted that the media had reported yesterday, 9 March that a Kurdish racist newspaper backed by at-Talibani and other pro-American Kurdish separatists had reprinted the notorious anti-Islamic cartoons originally published by a right-wing Danish newspaper.  The move was seen as a further attempt by the American-backed forces to stir up sectarian and ethnic strife in order to ignite a civil war in Iraq and facilitate the partition of the country in line with the thinking of Anglo-American strategists.

Resistance bomb blasts puppet army column in ar-Ridwaniyah.

In a bulletin posted at 2:15pm Mecca time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, an Iraqi Resistance car bomb had exploded by an Iraqi puppet army column on a road in the as-Suwayb area of Baghdad’s ar-Ridwaniyah area, not far from Abu Ghurayb.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that the blast destroyed an Iraqi puppet army vehicle, killing five Iraqi puppet troops.  At the time of reporting, US troops were surrounding the entire area.

Resistance bomb reportedly kills two US troops in Baghdad’s Zuyunah area.

In a dispatch posted at 12:40pm Mecca time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the al-Qanat (Canal) Road near the Zuyunah area of southeastern Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in Zuyunah as saying that the bomb totally destroyed one American tank, killing two US soldiers and wounding three more of them.  At the time of reporting, American troops were closing the roads  and surrounding the area where the attack took place.

Later the US military admitted the attack but claimed that the American crewmen were unhurt.

Resistance kills three puppet "Shock Troops" in ambush in Baghdad’s al-Khadra’ area.

In a dispatch posted at 10:40am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters ambushed a patrol of puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir) on the highway in Baghdad’s al-Khadra’ area.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of al-Khadra’ as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons destroyed one of the patrol vehicles and killed three puppet "Shock Troops" in the assault.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Al-Mushahadah.

Fierce fighting rages in al-Mushahadah Friday evening.

In a bulletin posted at 6:45pm Mecca time Friday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier fierce fighting had broken out between Iraqi Resistance forces and US occupation troops in al-Mushahadah, some 25km north of Baghdad.

The al-Mushahadah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the sounds of battle could be heard a long distance away as smoke billowed up from the city and American helicopters flew in to rocket the neighborhood where the fighting erupted.

No information on the nature or extent of casualties was immediately available.

Samarra’.

Resistance sharpshooter kills puppet "Shock Troop" soldier in Samarra’ Thursday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 10:10am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman shot and killed a member of the puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir) in Samarra’, some 120km north of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in the al-Mu 'tasim neighborhood of Samarra’ as saying that a Resistance sharpshooter shot and killed a puppet "Shock Troop" soldier as he and his detachment were on the road to the center of town on Thursday night.

Diyala Province.

Ba'qubah.

Resistance bomb blasts puppet troops on road to al-Khalis.

In a dispatch posted at 11:50am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a column of Iraqi puppet army troops on the road running north from Ba'qubah to al-Khalis in Diyala Province northeast of Baghdad

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in Ba'qubah as saying that the bomb destroyed one Nissan military vehicle, killing or wounding five puppet soldiers who were aboard it.

Babil Province.

Al-Latifiyah.

Resistance bombards puppet army headquarters.

In a dispatch posted at 9:50am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired three mortar rounds into an Iraqi puppet army headquarters in al-Latifiyah, south of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Latifiyah as saying that the barrage sent plumes of smoke billowing into the sky from within the puppet army facility.

Ninwa Province.

Mosul.

Resistance bomb blasts US vehicle in southeastern Mosul.

In a dispatch posted at 10:50am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column near the al-Wahdah neighborhood of southeastern Mosul on the road to Kirkuk.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Wahdah as saying that the bomb disabled one US armored vehicle, wounding four American soldiers.